reduced charge prices by 3.9% (which corresponds to savings of $1,164 per hospital stay) but also diminished negotiated prices … by 15.9% and hospital costs by 4.7%. Our estimation results show that the effects on charge prices do not last as long as … negotiated prices, while low-price hospitals increase charges; (2) hospital characteristics such as ownership, case mix, and …

examine whether hospital policy can stimulate hospital TFP growth. We exploit variation across German federal states in the … period 1993 to 2013. State governments decide on hospital capacity planning (number of hospitals, departments and beds …), ownership, medical students, and hospital investment funding. We show that TFP growth in German hospital care reflects quality …

zur adäquaten Beschreibung von Krankenhauskosten und -leistungen geprüft. Durch Einbeziehen der Daten aus Rheinland … einem jeden Krankenhaus bzw. jedem Kreis des Untersuchungsgebietes – Paneldatenmodelle angepasst. Ergänzt um deskriptive …

help. This hypothesis is examined for the case of demand for hospital care which covers the largest part of public … insurance expenditures. The paper applies various methods for count data analysis of the frequency of hospital trips. Contrary …

to properly identify the factors affecting the use of health services the most. As for hospital care, spillovers may …. Our paper focuses on a largely overlooked potential source of spillovers in hospital expenditure: the heterogeneity of …